Matrox Graphics

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Matrox Graphics is the division of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. (Matrox), which deals with the development and sale of graphics solutions for professional use. The range includes both hardware products and software solutions.

history

Matrox Graphics represents the division in which Matrox was a leading manufacturer of graphics cards and a major competitor to Number Nine during the 1990s . Due to the high competitive pressure, the company withdrew from the less profitable 3D games market at the end of the 1990s, as it shied away from the extremely high development and production costs, and concentrated on corporate customers. Since Intel now dominated the market for office graphics cards with the help of IGPs , they looked for various niche markets and specialized in professional graphics cards with two or more monitor connections. Today, products from Matrox Graphics are mainly used where maximum image quality with high resolution and multiple monitors is important, including in the medical field, by graphic artists (e.g. professional photo retouching), at stock exchange and cash register terminals, control systems and surveillance systems in industry as well as in the ProAudio and video sector in which multi-monitor solutions with a high degree of software integration are required, such as B. also in TV and video broadcasting or a large format video wall .

Products

After the reorientation, the focus at Matrox Graphics is particularly on multi-display solutions such as DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go . The older graphics cards are still being offered and are being further developed to a limited extent, not least because of the 2D quality that is still decisive today and is seldom exceeded. Matrox graphics cards, especially the G550 series, are still in great demand from designers and programmers. In the summer of 2008, Matrox brought the M series onto the market, which as DirectX 9 cards support the Windows Vista Aero user interface in professional multi-monitor environments.

Display controller boards

Matrox ATC series :

  • Matrox ATC 4MP PCI / PCIe
  • Matrox ATC RG-200DL PCI / PCIe
  • Matrox ATC RG-400SL PCI / PCIe

Matrox Embedded Solutions :

  • Matrox P650 LP PCI LVDS

Display wall solutions

Matrox Projection Series :

  • Matrox PJ-4OLP

Matrox PPX series :

  • Matrox PPX-IN / RGB-4 controller
  • Matrox PPX-IN / VID-16 controller
  • Matrox PPX-OUT8 / PPX-OUT4

Matrox VPX series :

  • Matrox VPX-IN / Hybrid Controller
  • Matrox VPX-IN / RGB-4 controller
  • Matrox VPX-IN / VID-8 controller
  • Matrox VPX-OUT8 / VPX-OUT4

Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM)

  • DualHead2Go analog
  • DualHead2Go Digital (DVI-SL)
  • DualHead2Go DisplayPort
  • TripleHead2Go analog
  • TripleHead2Go Digital (DVI-SL)
  • TripleHead2Go DisplayPort

Graphics cards

M-series (2008, DX-9) :

  • Matrox M9120 PCIe x16 (2 × DVI-SL)
  • Matrox M9120 Plus LP PCIe x1 (2 × DVI-SL, with additional cable 4 × analog)
  • Matrox M9120 Plus LP PCIe x16 (2 × DVI-SL, with additional cable 4 × analog)
  • Matrox M9125 PCIe x16 (2 × DVI-DL)
  • Matrox M9128 LP PCIe x16 (2 × DisplayPort, 2 × DVI-SL adapter)
  • Matrox M9138 LP PCIe x16 (3 × DisplayPort, 3 × DVI-SL adapter)
  • Matrox M9140 LP PCIe x16 (4 × DVI-SL)
  • Matrox M9148 LP PCIe x16 (4 × DisplayPort, 4 × DVI-SL adapter)
  • Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 (8 × DisplayPort, 8 × DVI-SL adapter)

Marvel series (video recording capabilities)

G400TV
  • Matrox Marvel G200
  • Matrox Marvel G400
  • Matrox Marvel G450eTV

Millennium series :

Millennium II 4 MB + 4 MB daughter card
Matrox G400 MAX (32MB)
  • Matrox Millennium
  • Matrox Millennium II
  • Matrox Millennium G200 / LE / DVI / MMS
  • Matrox Millennium G250 / LE
  • Matrox Millennium G400 / MAX
  • Matrox Millennium G450 / DVI / MMS
  • Matrox Millennium G550 / DVI / Dual DVI
  • Matrox Millennium P650 64/128 MB DDR, DX-8
  • Matrox Millennium P690 128/256 MB DDR, DX-8
  • Matrox Millennium P750, DX-8

Mystique series :

Matrox Mystique (2 + 2 MB)
  • Matrox Mystique
  • Matrox Mystique 220/220 Business
  • Matrox Mystique G200

Parhelia series (DX-8) :

  • Matrox Parhelia (2002)
  • Matrox Parhelia-512 (2003)
  • Matrox Parhelia PCI
  • Matrox Parhelia HR256
  • Matrox Parhelia Precision SGT
  • Matrox Parhelia QID / QID PRO
  • Matrox Parhelia APVe (including with YPbPr component output in full HD quality)

QID series :

  • Matrox QID (AGP, 8x, VH)
  • Matrox QID Pro (PCI 64, VH)
  • Matrox QID LP PCIe
  • Matrox QID LP PCI

Other :

Matrox Impression Plus 220 ISA (2 MB)
Matrox m3D
  • Matrox Ultima / Plus
  • Matrox Impression / Pro / Plus / Plus 220
  • Matrox m3D (PCI-3D accelerator based on PowerVR ( NEC PowerVR PCX ))
  • Matrox Productiva G100 / MMS
  • Digital First Millennium G450
  • Digital First Millennium G550 32 MB DDR

driver

Matrox Graphics offers drivers for all major operating systems , especially Microsoft Windows . Up to the G550, Matrox was very popular in the Linux area because it released a full open source driver. This is also implemented in X.Org . With the appearance of the Parhelia cards in the early 2000s, however, that changed and Matrox Graphics only offers a proprietary driver; At the moment there are only drivers up to X.org 1.15, newer installations are not supported.

Medical image processing

Matrox AuroraVX series

  • AuroraVX3mp

Matrox MED series :

  • MED2mp
  • MED3mp
  • MED5mp

Matrox RAD series :

  • RAD2mp
  • RAD3mp
  • RAD9mp
  • RADQ2mp

Matrox TheatreVUE series :

  • TheatreVUE T20
  • TheatreVUE T30

Remote Graphics Units (RGUs)

Matrox Extio series :

  • Matrox Extio F1220 new!
  • Matrox Extio F1400
  • Matrox Extio F1420

Matrox RG series :

  • Matrox RG-400SL
  • Matrox RG-200DL

Thin computing

Matrox EpicA Series : (Low Profile)

  • Matrox EpicA
  • Matrox EpicA TC2-Lite
  • Matrox EpicA TC2
  • Matrox EpicA TC4
  • Matrox EpicA software

See also

Web links

Commons : Matrox Graphics  - album of pictures, videos, and audio files